Outside information from national think-tanks, research, as well as public and private sector examples.

Hillsborough Strategic Plan

***NEW*** Policy Landscape on Performance Pay from Teacher Incentive Fund Grantees

Research from SAS/EVAAS showing a positive correlation between student achievement and the implementation of performance pay in Houston Public Schools
SAS_PerfPayImpactStudy.pdf

The Debate over Differenatiated Pay: The Devil is in the Details in Rethinking Schools by Barbara Miner

Operation Public Education a research think-tank at UPenn studying Performance Pay

Center for Educator Compensation Reform a federally funded research institute studying Performance Pay

Performance Pay for Teachers a report by the Center for Teaching Quality specific to teacher performance pay written by 18 nationally recognized teachers.

Houston's Plan for Administrator Performance Pay

Prince George's Schools Plan for Administrators and Teachers in the Washington Post

Recent commentary article in Education Week very critical of performance pay. Very misinformed (in Jason's opinion).

Article on administrator support for performance pay in Education Week edweek.doc

Chapter from A Grand Bargain on educational compensation by Marc Wallace. Relates mostly to teachers but foundational concepts are useful.WallaceCompensation.pdf

Chapter from A Grand Bargain on administrator evaluation by John Deasy. Relates mostly to building administrators, but again concepts are useful.DeasyAdminEval.pdf

Chapter from Performance Incentives by Derek Neal. Outlines key promises and pitfalls of designing performance pay systems. NealDesign.pdf

1.08.09 Presentation


Figlio and Kenney Study Correlating Student Achievement with Performance Pay Figlio.pdf

Recent article from NJ.com on renegotiations due to economic conditions in the state: